Dear “Joy-Filled Colleagues” ~
Burnett & Evans (2016) in a book entitled, Designing Your Life suggest using energy and engagement as “wayfinding indicators” to discover new career and/or life trajectories. They suggest carefully observing the specific aspects of your everyday activities where you are more engaged and/or energized, exploring ways to increase these types or elements more often in your personal and professional lives. It dawned on me recently that this is a wonderful strategy for infusing joy into our lives as well.
I’d like to invite you to pay attention this week to the things you do that leave you feeling energized and engaged. Are there any activities where you completely loose track of the time? If you recently had a “great” day, what specifically made it great? Is there a way for you to get these activities/elements integrated more frequently into your work week? How can you use this enhanced self-awareness and self-knowing to more thoughtfully select how you will volunteer your time?
Warmly,
Paula
Paula Koppel, MS, RNC, GNP-BC, AHN-BC, NBC-HWC
Age Well Be Well, LLC
PhD Graduate Student
Duke University School of Nursing